1988 PGA Championship

The 1988 PGA Championship was the 70th PGA Championship, held August 11–14 at Oak Tree Golf Club in Edmond, Oklahoma, a suburb north of Oklahoma City. Jeff Sluman shot a final round 65 (−6) to win his only major title, three strokes ahead of runner-up Paul Azinger, the 36-hole and 54-hole leader[3] and former college teammate.[4][5] Azinger was the reigning Player of the Year on the PGA Tour.

1988 PGA Championship

Tournament information
Dates	August 11–14, 1988
Location	Edmond, Oklahoma
Course(s)	Oak Tree Golf Club
Organized by	PGA of America
Tour(s)	PGA Tour
Statistics
Par	71
Length	7,015 yards (6,415 m)[1]
Field	150 players, 72 after cut[2]
Cut	144 (+2)
Prize fund	$1.0 million
Winner's share	$160,000
Champion
Jeff Sluman
272 (−12)

Oak Tree
Golf Club

Location in the United States

Oak Tree
Golf Club

Location in Oklahoma

In the penultimate pairing on Sunday, Sluman was three strokes back at the start of the round. After a birdie at the second, he holed out for an eagle on the par-5 fifth, and when Azinger followed with a bogey, the two were tied at nine-under. Sluman had five birdies and an eagle with just one bogey in the final round while Azinger posted a second straight even-par 71. It was also the first of Sluman's six victories on the PGA Tour.[6][7] In the final pair with Azinger, Dave Rummells shot 75 (+4) and fell to a tie for sixth.

Azinger won the title five years later, defeating Greg Norman in a playoff in 1993.

Course layout

Hole	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	Out	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	In	Total
Yards	441	392	584	200	590	377	440	171	386	3,581	379	466	445	149	453	434	479	200	429	3,434	7,015
Par	4	4	5	3	5	4	4	3	4	36	4	4	4	3	4	4	5	3	4	35	71

Source:[1]

Round summaries

First round

Thursday, August 11, 1988

Place	Player	Country	Score	To par
1	Bob Gilder	United States	66	−5
T2	Paul Azinger	United States	67	−4
	Chip Beck	United States
	John Cook	United States
	Nick Faldo	England
T6	Raymond Floyd	United States	68	−3
	Rocco Mediate	United States
	Greg Norman	Australia
	Jay Overton	United States
	Mike Reid	United States
	Peter Senior	Australia
	Craig Stadler	United States

Source:[8]

Second round

Friday, August 12, 1988

Place	Player	Country	Score	To par
1	Paul Azinger	United States	67-66=133	−9
2	Jay Overton	United States	68-66=134	−8
T3	John Cook	United States	67-69=136	−6
	Raymond Floyd	United States	68-68=136
T5	David Graham	Australia	70-67=137	−5
	Steve Jones	United States	69-68=137
	Gary Koch	United States	72-65=137
	Tsuneyuki Nakajima	Japan	69-68=137
	Dave Rummells	United States	73-64=137
T10	Nick Faldo	England	67-71=138	−5
	Doug Tewell	United States	70-68=138

Source:[9]

Third round

Saturday, August 13, 1988

Place	Player	Country	Score	To par
1	Paul Azinger	United States	67-66-71=204	−9
2	Dave Rummells	United States	73-64-68=205	−8
3	Jeff Sluman	United States	69-70-68=207	−6
4	Nick Faldo	England	67-71-70=208	−5
T5	Steve Jones	United States	69-68-72=209	−4
	Kenny Knox	United States	72-69-68=209
	Payne Stewart	United States	70-69-70=209
T8	Ben Crenshaw	United States	70-71-69=210	−3
	Raymond Floyd	United States	68-68-74=210
	David Graham	Australia	70-69-70=210
	Mark McNulty	Zimbabwe	73-70-67=210
	Jay Overton	United States	68-66-76=210
	Dan Pohl	United States	69-71-70=210

Source:[3]

Final round

Sunday, August 14, 1988

Place	Player	Country	Score	To par	Money ($)
1	Jeff Sluman	United States	69-70-68-65=272	−12	160,000
2	Paul Azinger	United States	67-66-71-71=275	−9	100,000
3	Tsuneyuki Nakajima	Japan	72-68-71-67=278	−6	70,000
T4	Nick Faldo	England	67-71-70-71=279	−5	45,800
	Tom Kite	United States	72-69-71-67=279
T6	Bob Gilder	United States	66-75-71-68=280	−4	32,500
	Dave Rummells	United States	73-64-68-75=280
8	Dan Pohl	United States	69-71-70-71=281	−3	28,000
T9	Raymond Floyd	United States	68-68-74-72=282	−2	21,500
	Steve Jones	United States	69-68-72-73=282
	Kenny Knox	United States	72-69-68-73=282
	Mark O'Meara	United States	70-71-70-71=282
	Greg Norman	Australia	68-71-72-71=282
	Payne Stewart	United States	70-69-70-73=282

Source:[2][4][10]

Scorecard

Hole	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18
Par	4	4	5	3	5	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	5	3	4
Sluman	−6	−7	−7	−7	−9	−9	−10	−10	−10	−11	−11	−12	−11	−11	−12	−12	−12	−12
Azinger	−10	−10	−10	−10	−9	−8	−8	−8	−8	−8	−8	−8	−8	−8	−8	−9	−10	−9

Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par
Source:[4]

Birdie

Eagle

Bogey

References

1. "The course". Eugene Register-Guard. Oregon. Associated Press. August 11, 1988. p. 5D.
2. "Tournament Info for: 1988 PGA Championship". PGA.com. Retrieved September 19, 2012.
3. Bonk, Thomas (August 14, 1988). "Pressure a factor as Azinger leads PGA tournament". Eugene Register-Guard. Oregon. (Los Angeles Times). p. 1C.
4. Jenkins, Sally (August 15, 1988). "Sluman's 65 more than enough to win PGA". Eugene Register-Guard. Oregon. (Washington Post). p. 1B.
5. Diaz, Jaime (August 22, 1988). "Hanging tough". Sports Illustrated. p. 26.
6. Rosaforte, Tim (August 15, 1988). "A 'Slu' of winning shots". Miami News. p. 1B.
7. Brown, Gordon S., Jr. (August 15, 1988). "Sluman fires 65, grabs PGA title". Lewiston Morning Tribune. Idaho. (New York Times). p. 1B.
8. Bonk, Thomas (August 13, 1988). "Gilder's 66 batters Oak Tree". Eugene Register-Guard. Oregon. (Los Angeles Times). p. 1C.
9. Bonk, Thomas (August 13, 1988). "Azinger leads PGA tourney, club pro by 1". Eugene Register-Guard. Oregon. (Los Angeles Times). p. 1C.
10. "1988 PGA Championship". databasegolf.com. Retrieved August 19, 2013.

External links

• About.com: 1988 PGA Championship
• PGA.com – 1988 PGA Championship